Tomcat 5 - WEB-INF/lib load order

[gc.johnson]

Hi

(I thought this would been asked a 100 times before but couldn't find
any answers.)

I know that the web application specs don't define any load order for
JAR files in the /WEB-INF/lib folder but does Tomcat 5 have a
deterministic load order?

I am having to re-implement a class from a base JAR file into a new JAR
file in the web application. So I want a way to know that Tomcat 5
will load the version of the class in my custom JAR file rather than
the base one.

Thanks
g

 

[JScoobyCed]

Hi

(I thought this would been asked a 100 times before but couldn't find
any answers.)

I know that the web application specs don't define any load order for
JAR files in the /WEB-INF/lib folder but does Tomcat 5 have a
deterministic load order?

I am having to re-implement a class from a base JAR file into a new JAR
file in the web application. So I want a way to know that Tomcat 5
will load the version of the class in my custom JAR file rather than
the base one.

Thanks
g

If you have access to the Tomcat folder, simply place your jar in the
$TOMCAT_FOLDER/common/endorsed/ folder. It will be used as prioritized JAR.